trying to validate an idea with some uni friends before we build more

I started as a Power Platform consultant recently and a couple of friends from university and I are looking at building something in this space. Before we write code, I want to make sure the problem we think we're solving is real and not just my own beginner frustration projected onto everyone else.

If you are in Azure/Power Platform consulting, I'd genuinely value concrete answers based on your actual experience, not what you think should be true:

- The last time you learned something new in Azure that actually stuck six months later, what did you do?

- Think back to the last time you sat down to study or do a learning path and didn't finish. What got in the way?

- How did you prepare for your most recent cert, and looking back, what part of that prep do you think was wasted effort?

- Last week, realistically, how many hours did you spend learning vs billable work, and what did the learning actually look like? Reading docs, watching videos, hands on, something else?

- What's frustrating you about staying current in this stack right now, this month?

Why I'm asking:

We're trying to be disciplined about talking to real users before writing code. I'm not pitching anything here and not collecting emails.

Thank you for reading!